Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
Issued by NWS Blacksburg, VA
000 CXUS51 KRNK 011138 CLARNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG, VA 638 AM EST SUN JAN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE BLACKSBURG VA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1893 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 07/28/1952 07/15/1954 LOW -18 01/21/1985 HIGHEST 91 06/16 07/22 LOWEST -4 12/24 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.7 63.3 1.4 AVG. MINIMUM 42.2 40.9 1.3 MEAN 53.5 52.1 1.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 6 5.0 1.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 9 15.4 -6.4 DAYS MIN <= 32 115 125.4 -10.4 DAYS MIN <= 0 2 1.0 1.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 65.56 1918 MINIMUM 26.95 1963 TOTALS 45.25 42.64 2.61 DAYS >= .01 137 136.1 0.9 DAYS >= .10 90 81.8 8.2 DAYS >= .50 35 29.2 5.8 DAYS >= 1.00 12 9.3 2.7 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.71 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 14.6 24.7 -10.1 DAYS >= TRACE 31 15.3 15.7 DAYS >= 1.0 4 6.2 -2.2 GREATEST 24 HR TOTAL 12.1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4894 5295 -401 COOLING TOTAL 809 619 190 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.6 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/290 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/310 DATE 03/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/170 DATE 01/18 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.44 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 36 MIXED PRECIP 3 HEAVY RAIN 60 RAIN 100 LIGHT RAIN 168 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 29 SLEET 8 FOG 160 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 37 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$